Midterm Vocab

Question 1

Cannot be eliminated or erased (adj.)

Answer 1

Indelible

Question 2

Capable of producing crops, suitable for farming (adj.)

Answer 2

Arable

Question 3

Thriftiness, wisdom in avoiding unnecessary expenditure (n.)

Answer 3

Frugality

Question 4

commonplace or dull (adj.)

Answer 4

Prosaic

Question 5

Personal bearing, conduct (n.)

Answer 5

Comportment

Question 6

The state of being reserved in conversation, quiet (adj.)

Answer 6

Taciturn

Question 7

Brave, spirited, or chivalrous (adj.)

Answer 7

Gallant

Question 8

Morally ignoble or vile (adj.)

Answer 8

Sordid

Question 9

Causing discomfort by being excessive or intense (adj.)

Answer 9

Oppressive

Question 10

Overwhelming quantity, an explosion (n.)

Answer 10

Barrage

Question 11

Gentile and kind (adj.)

Answer 11

Benign

Question 12

Fond of the company of others, sociable (adj.)

Answer 12

Gregarious

Question 13

Easy and sprightly in manner or bearing (adv.)

Answer 13

Jauntily

Question 14

Unusual or extreme paleness, usually from fear or illness (n.)

Answer 14

Pallor

Question 15

Differing from the normal or accepted way (adj.)

Answer 15

Aberrant

Question 16

An isolated hill or mountain rising abruptly above surrounding land (n.)

Answer 16

Butte

Question 17

Not transparent, or impenetrable to light (adj.)

Answer 17

Opaque

Question 18

To move with a long easy stride (v.)

Answer 18

Lope

Question 19

Capable of holding much, spacious (adj.)

Answer 19

Capacious

Question 20

A period following and illness during which one recovers (n.)

Answer 20

Convalescence

Question 21

Extraordinary in degree (adj.)

Answer 21

Prodigious

Question 22

Friendly or warm (adj.)

Answer 22

Cordial

Question 23

Commanding respect because of great age (adj.)

Answer 23

Venerable

Question 24

The intensification or prolongation of sound (n.)

Answer 24

Resonance

Question 25

Related to grand ceremony. Devoted to ceremony (adj.)

Answer 25

Ceremonious

Question 26

A feeling of hostility hatred (n.)

Answer 26

Enmity

Question 27

A state of dreamy mediation (n.)

Answer 27

Reverie

Question 28

A felling of well-being (n.)

Answer 28

Exaltation

Question 29

Immeasurably small (adj.)

Answer 29

Infinitesimal

Question 30

Act of killing of ones brother (n.)

Answer 30

Fratricide

Question 31

Mournful or gloomy (adj.)

Answer 31

Funereal

Question 32

Something burdensome and useless (n.)

Answer 32

Encumbrance

Question 33

Tending to provoke, stimulating (adj.)

Answer 33

Provocative

Question 34

Holiness or saintliness (n.)

Answer 34

Sanctity

Question 35

A hint usually of a bad kind (n.)

Answer 35

Insinuation

Question 36

Wealthy or rich (adj.)

Answer 36

Opulent

Question 37

To soften or tone down ones voice (v.)

Answer 37

Modulate

Question 38

A building for lodging soldiers (n.)

Answer 38

Barrack

Question 39

Very cold in temperature (adj.)

Answer 39

Frigid

Question 40

Severely simple, without ornament (adj.)

Answer 40

Austere

Question 41

A gesture without speech (n.)

Answer 41

Pantomime

Question 42

Physical strength or mental vigor (n.)

Answer 42

Vitality

Question 43

Something that lacks harmony (n.)

Answer 43

Incongruity

Question 44

A sound continuing on one note (adj.)

Answer 44

Monotonous

Question 45

Not permitting penetration or passage (adj.)

Answer 45

Impervious